The Senate passed the Gang of 8 immigration bill—S. 744—last week by a 68-32 vote. But that does NOT mean that immigration reform has passed yet. There are a few steps left to go: the House now must pass a bill (view this piece from the Washington Post Wonkblog on...
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The Hill: Poll: Clinton tops Bush, Rubio among Hispanic voters for 2016 By Justin Sink Politico: 2016 Latino poll: Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio lead By Hadas Gold U.S. News and World Report: Poll: Rubio Tops GOP Pols for Hispanic Voters, Clinton Leads Dems By Rebekah Metzler Tampa Bay Times:...
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Nicole Belle at Crooks and Liars is calling out the hypocrisy and flip-flopping of Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who sits on the House Judiciary Committee and chairs the House Immigration Subcommittee, appeared on FOX this weekend to talk to John Roberts about immigration reform in the House. Nicole captures the...
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Just a few days after the Senate passed historic immigration legislation, on a webinar / press call today Latino Decisions and America’s Voice released the latest in a series of polls that shows the opportunities and challenges for the GOP as the party of Reagan tries to repair its...
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House GOP Out of Excuses on Immigration Reform This weekend, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) again voiced his opposition to “a special pathway to citizenship” for undocumented immigrants, noting that he would not push legislation in which “people who are here unlawfully get something that people who have worked...
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The immigration reform debate has moved onto the House, where political commentators are trying to gauge support for reform among Democratic and Republican Congressmen. We’ll have a lot more to say about this over the summer, but GOP Congressmen who haven’t come onboard the issue should know that immigration...
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Ah, Sarah Palin. This weekend, she was in an uproar over the immigration bill that just passed the Senate. She is just outraged about the path to citizenship. But here’s the thing: in 2008, she strongly supported a pathway to citizenship. It’s all captured in an article from Buzzfeed’s...
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Immigration reform may have passed through the Senate (by a 68-32 vote last Thursday), but it doesn’t mean the fight is over. Far from it. Legislation must now move through the Republican-dominated House, where Speaker John Boehner has said that he will not bring a bill up for a...
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USA Today/ Gannet: Odd alliance could be key to deal on immigration bill By Mary Orndorff Troyan The Arizona Republic: McCain, Flake hopeful about bill’s effect By Dan Nowicki The Atlantic: Are Liberals Turning on Immigration Reform? By Molly Ball New York Times: Varied Alliance to Press House on...
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With immigration reform having passed the Senate with a strong bipartisan vote, attention is now focused on the House of Representatives. Pundits are immediately jumping to the question, “how will immigration reform pass the House?” However, an equally important question is “what happens if the House blocks immigration reform?”...
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